Residents start to return to Florida

On Tuesday, some residents were allowed to return to areas hammered by Hurricane Irma's high winds and violent storm surge, while the death toll climbed in the second major hurricane to hit the United States this year. According to the National Hurricane Center, Irma, which rampaged through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Monday, and is expected to dissipate from Tuesday evening. At its strongest point the storm prompted evacuation orders for 6.5 million people in Florida, the largest evacuation in modern U.S. history. On its path to the United States, Irma killed nearly 40 people in the Caribbean. And at least six people have been killed in Florida and Georgia.